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An act to amend Sections 8807 and 9210 of, and to add Section 8626 to, the Family Code, relating to adoption.
Source: OpenStates · fetched October 13, 2025
via Equality California: Clarifies and reaffirms California's longstanding jurisdiction for adoption proceedings, including confirmatory adoptions, for families who either never lived in California or who no longer live th…
- LGBTQ+ / QueerdirectModerate impactMedium certainty
via Equality California
Clarifies and reaffirms California's longstanding jurisdiction for adoption proceedings, including confirmatory adoptions, for families who either never lived in California or who no longer live th…
- Signed into law by Governor Newsom on October 13, 2025.
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